(EN) As a preliminary remark, the Commission would first like to stress that the Court of Auditors Special Report on the LIFE-Programme focused in particular on the second phase of the Programme (LIFE II) covering projects funded between 1996 and 1999.
Avant tout, la Commission tient à souligner que le rapport spécial de la Cour des comptes sur le programme LIFE portait principalement sur la seconde phase de ce programme (LIFE II), laquelle couvre des projets financés entre 1996 et 1999.